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Book SynopsisIn a series of essays devoted to key terms and ideas in Islam, Bravmann argues on the basis of pre-Islamic and early Islamic texts for an Arabian background to the rise of the religion. In pursuing a through philological examination of the evidence, Bravmann finds core values and ideas of Islam deeply embedded in ancient Arab linguistic expression. His work continues to provide a critical element in the debates about the emergence of Islam and cannot be ignored by anyone trying to assess the complex historiographical problems that surround the issue.
Trade Review"...a must for the library of every Arabist and Islamologist." – S.D. Goitein, in: JAOS, 1974 "This work is to be most thoroughly recommended." – W. Montgomery Watt, in: Bull. of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1973 "...un riche champ d'investigations à la sociologie religieuse." – Jean-Pierre Charnay, in: Archives de Sociologie des Religions "...l'érudition philologique redoutable de M.M. Bravmann." – O. Carré, in: Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques, 1976 "Bravmann's careful philological studies provide helpful data..." – A.T. Welch, in: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1978
